piquing
/peek/US // pik //UK // (piːk) //
尖锐化,尖锐的,尖锐,挑逗
Related Words
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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piqued, piqu·ing.
- : to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
- : to wound.
- : to excite: Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip.
- : to arouse an emotion or provoke to action: to pique someone to answer a challenge.
- : Archaic. to pride.
v.无主动词 verb
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piqued, piqu·ing.
- : to arouse pique in someone: an action that piqued when it was meant to soothe.
n.名词 noun
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Synonyms & Antonyms
nounanger, irritation
Forms: piqued
Examples
The young lady, piquing herself on her constancy, refused her new admirer.
It is the only part on which I have bestowed much pains, for the difficulty was piquing, not piquant.
He had evidently recovered his nerve, and seemed to take pleasure in piquing Charlie's bearish suspicions.
The story must have a beginning, concrete, interest-compelling, curiosity-piquing.
This was a triumph; and had it come naturally, such a triumph would have been the sweeter to her for this piquing delay.
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